Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

The Greco-Roman light heavyweight was one of four Greco-Roman wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The light heavyweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 93 kilograms (205 lb).[1]

Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DateJuly 22
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Medalists
Verner Weckman  Finland
Yrjö Saarela  Finland
Carl Jensen  Denmark
Wrestling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Lightweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Super heavyweightmen
Freestyle
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Middleweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Results

Standings
PlaceWrestlerNation
1Verner Weckman Finland
2Yrjö Saarela Finland
3Carl Jensen Denmark
4Hugó Payr Hungary
5Arthur Banbrook Great Britain
Marcel Dubois Belgium
Fritz Larsson Sweden
Jacob van Westrop Netherlands
9Charles Brown Great Britain
Jussi Kivimäki Finland
August Meesen Belgium
Edward Nixson Great Britain
Leendert van Oosten Netherlands
William West Great Britain
Douwe Wijbrands Netherlands
Yevgeny Zamotin Russia
17Harald Christiansen Denmark
Harold Foskett Great Britain
György Luntzer Hungary
Henri Nielsen Denmark
Miroslav Šustera Bohemia

Bracket
 
First RoundSecond RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
             
 
Decision
 
 
 Fritz Larsson (SWE)
 
Decision
 
 Harald Christiansen (DEN)
 
 Fritz Larsson (SWE)
 
Fall (5:33)
 
 Douwe Wijbrands (NED)
 
 Douwe Wijbrands (NED)
 
Fall (4:10)
 
 György Luntzer (HUN)
 
 Fritz Larsson (SWE)
 
Fall (7:29)
 
 Verner Weckman (FIN)
 
 Walter West (GBR)
 
Fall (1:53)
 
 Miroslav Šustera (BOH)
 
 Walter West (GBR)
 
 
 Verner Weckman (FIN)
 
 
Fall (11:36)
 
 
 Verner Weckman (FIN)
 
 
 Hugó Payr (HUN)
 
 
Fall (9:08)
 
 
 Hugó Payr (HUN)
 
 
 Yevgeny Zamotin (RUS)
 
 
Decision
 
 
 Hugó Payr (HUN)
 
 
 Jacob van Westrop (NED)
 
 
Decision
 
 
 Jacob van Westrop (NED)
 
 
 Jussi Kivimäki (FIN)
 
 
2–1 (fall by 4:22/fall (5:07)/fall (16:10))
 
 
 Verner Weckman (FIN)
 
Fall (3:50)
 
 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
 
 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
 
Fall (2:31)
 
 Henri Nielsen (DEN)
 
 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
 
 
 Edward Nixson (GBR)
 
 
Fall (12:24)
 
 
 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
 
Fall (1:30)
 
 Marcel Dubois (BEL)
 
 Marcel Dubois (BEL)
 
Fall (1:35)
 
 Harold Foskett (GBR)
 
 Marcel Dubois (BEL)
 
 
 Charles Brown (GBR)
 
 
Fall (5:35)
 
 
 Yrjö Saarela (FIN)
 
 
 Carl Jensen (DEN) Third place
 
 
Fall (8:41) 2–0 (falls 2:04/1:40)
 
 
 Carl Jensen (DEN)  Carl Jensen (DEN)
 
 
 Leendert van Oosten (NED)  Hugó Payr (HUN)
 
 
Fall (2:28)
 
 
 Carl Jensen (DEN)
 
 
 Arthur Banbrook (GBR)
 
 
Fall (7:11)
 
 
 Arthur Banbrook (GBR)
 
 
 August Meesen (BEL)
 
 
 
 

References
  1. "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

Sources
  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Greco-Roman Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
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